An overhaul of doctrine: The underpinning of UK inflation targeting

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 538, 2009, Pages

  Nelson, Edward ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INFLATION; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66749125336     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02278.x     Document Type: Article

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